Railway-frog chair



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J PLAYER RAILWAY FROG CHAIR.

Patented Men". 29, 1898.

(No Model.)

J. PLAYER. RAILWAY FROG CHAIR.

Patented Man. 29', 1898.

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JOHN PLAYER, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

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RA! LWAY-FROG CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,478, dated March 29, 1898. Application filed September 25, 1897 Serial No. 653,000. (No model.)

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, J OHN PLAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Frog Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a railway-frog chair cast or formed with its bed or base and all of its parts integral with each other and in condition to receive the railwayrails and their associate parts; and my invention consists in the features, combinations, and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of myimproved railway-frog chair with the rails and associated parts in position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same viewed from the under side. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal side elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the railway-frog chair detached, and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a transverse section taken in line 5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

In making my improved railway-frog chair I form-preferably cast-the same of steel, as can now be done, so that the bed or plate and all of the parts will be integral with each other.

The chair comprises transverse supports A, adapted to lie under the rails and receive them when in place. These supports have their ends turned inwardly, as at a, so as to embrace or inclose the outer sides of the bases at of the rails A when in place and to bear against the outer sides of the webs 01.2 of the rails. The inwardly-extending ends of one or more of the transverse supports are preferably provided with longitudinal projections a adapted to rest against the outer sides of the webs of the rails between the outer bases and the heads, so as to afford additional support to the rails. These projections may be fastened to the rails by bolts and nuts A or by rivets or in any desired way. The chair also comprises longitudinal bars B, connecting and uniting the transverse supports. I also prefer to provide the longitudinal bars at their central portions with braces b, which project inwardly to bear against the outer sides of the webs and beneath the heads of the rails. These braces may also extend outwardly, as shown at b, to permit them to be fastened to the crossties in the road-bed on which the chair rests. At the point of juncture between the trans verse supports and the longitudinal bars reinforcin g corner-pieces b may be cast to make the entire structure stronger and to more securely unite the parts to enable them to withstand the shocks and strains to which they will be subjected in use.

It will thus be seen that my railway-frog chair is constructed in one piece in which the various partsare formed integral, so as to dispense with the necessity of additional or separate clamps, bolts, or rivets, as are now used where the chair is built up or formed of a number of separate parts, and that all of the parts of the frog are held and bound together, so as to effectually strengthen and reinforce each other. After it is made, as above explained, it may be shipped to the place of use and the rails arranged in place and wedged and held in their position of use by the pieces 0, which are inserted on the inside of the diverging rails, so as to inclose and embrace the points D of the rails terminating in the frog. Thismakes a solid, safe, durable, and economical structure, simple in construction, and easy to apply to use.

While I have described the various parts with considerable minuteness of detail, I desire it to be understood that I only propose to limit myself to the substantial features and details of construction pointed out and specified in the several claims.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-frog chair with its bed or base comprising transverse supports adapted to lie under the rails and inclose the outer bases and bear against the outer sides of the webs of the rails, and longitudinal bars uniting the transverse supports, the whole forming one integral structure substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-frog chair with its bed or base comprising transverse supports adapted to lie under the rails and inclose the outer bases and bear against the outer sides of the webs of the rails,

. and longitudinal bars uniting the transverse neath the heads of the rails and outwardly to permit them to be fastened to cross-ties, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-frog chair with its bed or base comprising transverse supports adapted to lie under the rails and inclose the outer bases and bear against the outer sides of the webs of the rails, one of which supports is provided with proj ections longitudinally of the rails and adapted to rest against the outer sides of the webs and between the outer bases and heads of the I rails, to be fastened thereto, and longitudinal bars uniting the transverse supports, substantially as described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a rail-'; way-frog chair with its bed or base compris-i ing transverse supports adapted to lie under} the rails and inclose the outer bases and bear; against the outer sides of the webs of the rails, i one of which supports is provided with pro-! jections longitudinally of the rails adapted; to rest against the outer sides of the webs and between the outer bases and heads of the rails, to be fastened thereto, and longitudinal bars uniting'the transverse supports and proi vided at their central portions with braces i projecting inwardly to bear against the outer sides of the webs and beneath the heads of the rails and outwardly totpermit them to be fastened tocross-ties, substantially as described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-trog chair with its bed or base c'ompris 1 ing transverse supports adapted to lie under the rails and inclose the outer bases and bear against the outer sides of the webs of the rails, longitudinal bars uniting the transverse supports, and reinforcing corner-plates at the juncture of the transverse supports and longitudinal bars, all being formed in one integral piece, substantially as described.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a railway-frog chair with its bed or base comprising transverse supports A adapted to lie under the rails and having inwardly-turned ends a to inclose the outer bases and bear against the outer sides of the webs of the rails, one of which supports is provided with projections a longitudinally of the rails adapted to rest against the outer sides of the webs and :between the outer bases and heads of the rails, to be fastened thereto, longitudinal bars B uniting the transverse supports and provided at their central portions with braces 19 projecting inwardly to bear against the outer sides of the webs and beneath the heads of the rails and outwardly, as at b", to permit them to be fastened to cross-ties, and reinforcing corner-pieces Wat the juncture of the transverse supports and longitudinal bars,.all being formed in one integral piece, substantially as described.

JOHN PLAYER.

WVitnesses:

D. E. PAIN, B. F. PAYNE. 

